Re: [9front] fwd: [werc] ROADMAP FOR UPCOMING RELEASES

[sl@stanleylieber.com]

>> werc - 1.5 release
>> 	apps/mdir	# by khm, test it!
> 
> It is slow as shit.  This might be okay with sufficient warnings added.

Disclosure:

This list was copied directly from my personal todo file. I agree; this
stuff is not yet ready for primetime. Particularly because of the system
load generated by its use. But we can work on it.


>> 	apps/paste	# by khm	# DONE
> 
> I consider apps/paste a proof-of-concept.  It is crippled by rc's
> env-var size limit and should be replaced with something that uses
> maht's upload code or such.

Sounds good.


>> 	apps/upload	# generic file uploads  # disabled by default
>> 		/n/lists/werc/1240113746.00	# maht's upload code
> 
> This code works and I have not been able to break it.  I also don't have
> a patch prepared to integrate it into werc's mainline.

I have not even looked at this yet.


>> 	apps/wman	# FIX
>> 		mysterious (erroneous) escapes are printed here:
>> 			http://man.cat-v.org/9front/3/ip
> 
> A cursory glance didn't show obvious problems.  I can assume this duty
> if someone can give me details about the bug.

Weird shit gets printed in the web browser. Scroll down to

	            input packets delivered to higher\bfrl\bae\bgv\bme\bel\bntp\bsro\bct\bro\bec\bao\btl\bes\bd

I started looking into this once but lost my notes. No memory of what I found.                                         

>> 	make it possible to never load the default css	# bind?
> 
> I think this should be a config flag, since filesystem games are not
> necessarily portable -- you need root to bind on some OSes, and while
> that sucks, werc should keep it in mind.

Agree. Some refactoring will be needed to make this happen but it's not hard
to make it a knob.

 
>> werc - 1.6 release "UNSETTLING DREAMS"
>> 	apps/gregor
>> 		bugtracker
> 
> We need a separate todo for this.  The 9front bugtracker is a beautiful
> start; I propose it needs only further integration into the email side
> to be perfect.  Specifically, replying to a bug on the list should show
> up on the bug report in werc.  We can cannibalize apps/mdir for pieces
> of this.

Perhaps too ambitious for inclusion in the following release, but that's
why it's not listed for 1.5. Agree we could break it out into a solo project
and then add it in once it works.


>> 	apps/paginate
> 
> What is this?

Arbitrarily break up the contents of a given page into multiple pages,
inserting navigation buttons on each paginated page. I implemented this
in barf but my solution is not general enough for werc (this should work
with ANY content).


>> 	apps/tags
>> 		tagfs?
> 
> IMO this should support the ability to use external tools like kenji's
> database thing.

Yes. A simple implementation could just be a _werc/tags index file, formatted
like this:

	index.md	hj,dicks,murray_hill,hi_rob,fuck_you

Or something along those lines. I implemented tagging in barf in a slightly
more complicated and less general way.


>> 	mkfile - use werc to generate static sites
> 
> I feel like this has been at least started on by someone, somewhere
> in the mists of time.  Am I hallucinating?

I implemented this at least twice and threw it away both times.


>>  	http://plan9.stanleylieber.com/src/markdown.go
>> 		revise whitelist
>> 		test with cat-v.org
> 
> MORE LIKE MARKDOWN.NO
> 
> If we're going to include markdown.go, we should make a contrib/go
> directory and bundle cgo in there too.

Well, the existing contrib/ includes stuff in more than one language.
This note (and all the non-portable) stuff was mainly for testing on
9front; some of the stuff can be made general enough to run anywhere.

sl